I love smelling my birds. I’m sure my birds think I’m
a pervert but this gives me instant comfort… sometimes they smell like maple
syrup or warm blanket, or seaweed when they’re wet (oi, this one is strong smell).
2015/12/29
2015/12/23
"The Story of A Robot" (あるロボットのおはなし) Pt.3
"The Story of A Robot" (あるロボットのおはなし) Pt.3
Click here to read Previous Episode (7-16) / 前回のおはなし(7~16)をよむ
Disclaimer: I borrowed a name and character figure from Gargaj (and I got his permission to publish in here, thanks! :), but all characters (traits) and events appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real events or persons or products is purely and definitely coincidental.
17)
ガーガイが公園でひとりで遊んでいると、どこからか小さなとりが飛んできて、ガーガイに話しかけました。「ずいぶんさみしそうだね」 「そうなんだ、さみしいなんてものじゃないんだ」 「どうしたの?」
2015/12/16
"The Story of A Robot" (あるロボットのおはなし) Pt.2
And it continues!! :)
"The Story of A Robot" (あるロボットのおはなし) Pt.2
Click here to read Previous Episode (1-6) / 前回のおはなし(1~6)をよむ
Disclaimer: I borrowed
a name and character figure from Gargaj (and I got his permission to publish
in here, thanks! :), but all characters (traits) and events appearing in
this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real events or persons or products
is purely and definitely coincidental.
7)
「カッコイイもの」ができあがると、ガーガイは思いきってデモシーンの人たちに見せてみることにしました。ガーガイはとてもドキドキしました。
2015/12/15
[Good evening Tuesday] But a lot of big girls use Do Not Disturb mode after 10pm because they have work tomorrow
Lately I enjoy listening to Erykah Badu’s new album.
I prefer the album with lots of interludes rather
than hits after hits, so I really like it. And, one of her styles… those bluesy
lengthy song about lingering affection, it really shines here and I love
that... :)
2015/12/14
"The Story of A Robot" (あるロボットのおはなし)
Well, it started from the doodle I was drawing while
chatting, but it gets fun when I put some texts on it and I kept going... I
quite like it and thought it may be interesting to share them here :)
I borrowed a name and character figure from Gargaj
(and I got his permission to publish in here, thanks! :), but here's the disclaimer: all
characters (traits) and events appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to
real events or persons or products is purely and definitely coincidental… :)
落書きから始まったものですが、テキストを書いたりしているうちに楽しくなってしまって、ちょっとしたストーリーになって気に入ってきたので、思いつきでここに公開してみます(笑)
以前にもインタビューさせていただいたGargajさんから、名前とキャラクターをお借りしましたが(ちゃんと公開許可をいただきました笑)、この物語はあくまでフィクションです!実在の人物や団体、イベントに酷似している点があったとしても、それはまぼろしであり、実在のものとは関係ありません、のでご注意ください。笑
"The Story of A Robot" (あるロボットのおはなし)
1)
山も谷もデコボコもない場所に、ガーガイという名前のふしぎなロボットが住んでいます。
2015/12/08
[Good evening Tuesday] Make a Wish on the New Moon
The other day I wrote about the Full Moon rituals. And
I’d like to write about my New Moon rituals before I completely forget.
If the Full Moon is “full” and good time to clean and
start using new wallet, New Moon is “new” and great time to start new habit and
make a wish… well, so I heard… I don’t know the deep spiritual meaning here,
but if the knowledgeable people say that after the research, then why not… They’re
not trying to sell anything (if so that’s bogus) and there’s nothing to lose
on our end… :)
So on the new moon day, I make a wish. To be exact,
this is not my new moon rituals but something I do regularly; I jot down my
wishes, hopes or dreams on the paper.
Nowadays writing dreams/hopes are often encouraged in
terms of “law of attraction” (or, i.e. the book called “The Secret”) but I
started it about 10 years ago out of necessity. There was a very tough time in
my life which I felt really lonely and desperate, and needed to have some reasons
to wake up in the morning. And I started to write down what I want randomly. I
want that, I want to do this and that… It didn’t matter if the wish was small
or big or unrealistic… I just wanted to make sure that I still have energy in me to have
some hopes for the future.
Over the course of a decade, naturally there have
been many changes in my dream and my attitude. For the first several years, I was
living in a material world but I get to wish something unmeasurable (which
is tough to know when to tick the box). And some hopes and dreams were replaced
with other things. Like, my “Date with George Clooney” dream had to be
updated because I don’t date with married man. ...Sorry George. :D
The effect of doing this? I don’t know if the law of
attraction was activated but quite a lot of boxes have been ticked. Through the
listing process, you are going to recognize that you have certain wish or
dreams or hope, and I think this recognition would work like setting a target,
and you know where to aim. Well, one thing for sure is that it definitely
lifted me up from the bottom.
And this year, I updated my dream lists by adding “thank
you” column. Somehow I felt I also need to take a note of what I already have or
received, not just listing up what I don’t have. And this process brutally made
me realize how lucky and happy I’ve been and I am. (e.g. Living in a country
where I can drink tap water… I took that for granted, but when I think about it…
:)
It doesn’t matter how you do it, but if you feel like
trying this, I’d like to give you some advice… (these are something I want to
tell to myself who just started doing this)
1. First and foremost, be honest to yourself. Don’t
hold back. Write what you really want.
2. If you can be specific, it’s better. Especially if
it’s a big dream. Break down what you want from its achievement.
3. And most importantly, Do not forget that the
things you’re going to list are “PLUS” to your life. These are not “lack” or
missing things in your life. (If you start looking at the list and think “I’ll
be happy when I get this, so I have to have this” then you’re screwed and you
have to stop listing) Consider at this very moment you’re on the origin (zero
point), not plus or minus, because your life is running anyway and that means
you already have what you need to have it running.
I hope this post will help someone out there, even a
little... and that's one of my wishes. :)
2015/12/01
[Good evening Tuesday] Name
The other day I was flipping through some books at
the old bookshop, and I found my name on one of the books. Well, obviously it
was for someone who has the same name, but I couldn’t let it go and took that
without flipping it any further, thinking there must be some information that I
should read… (It was about German way of organizing… and boy it’s very
structured and practical :) )
2015/11/09
2015/10/20
2015/09/20
ヘルシンキ/Assemblyに行ってきました(2015年バージョン)
- 昨年のAssembly体験記は、こちらからご覧になれます。Assemblyって何のこと?と疑問にお思いの方も、昨年の記事を読んでいただけると分かりやすいかと思います。
- 観光もバッチリ楽しんだ、昨年のヘルシンキ訪問記はこちらからどうぞ!
ふおめんテイクオフ©: 今回も旅のパートナーはフィンエアー。機体にもマリメッコのラッピングが施されていますが、機内のブランケットや紙コップなどもマリメッコ柄でかわいかったです。それと、前回ちらりと他の座席のエラー画面で見たのですが(笑)、機内エンターテイメント(タッチスクリーンで映画やゲームができるやつ)のOSは、フィンランド生まれのLinuxのようです。さすがはフィンランド航空!まあ当然ともいえますが、すべてがフィンランド愛にあふれています(笑)
2015/09/15
Whisper #348-416
#348
the frontier
#349
It’s right in front
of you.
#350
If you can’t forget,
you don’t have to forget.
#351
(Will you be my
friend?)
#352
A long time ago,
someone stroke a match and lighted off one big firework saying “let’s have fun”
and the universe was born.
#353
He’s the party
master and it’s our mission to enjoy this. We're all invited.
#354
Woot Woot
#355
Definition should
come later.
#356
I always wanted to
tell you. If you see the world only in black and white, we can’t fit in.
#357
this dependency
this tendency
this expectancy
#358
I cannot imagine how
it’s like to cross the border by train or bus. I was born in a country
surrounded by sea, always need to take a plane to go outside.
#362
Big Ben has been the
symbol of my “foreign country” imagery. When I first saw it,
I screamed and the taxi driver jumped up.
#366
We cannot be friends
just because we both came from the same place or share first-language.
#367
I thought “growing up” is
getting closer to perfection so that I could handle almost everything nicely by
myself. But the reality is contrary to that. I realize more and more things
that I can’t do by myself.
#368
Oh well, that's me, I give up.
#369
Go on.
#370
No matter how much I
love and enjoy the time with you, I need to close the door and be myself for a
while. I need to be alone to keep balance and to be me. You don't wanna see me behind that door.
#371
My highschool
teacher visited schools in America, and one of their students passed the letter
to him saying “please give this letter to someone who can be my penpal” And he
passed it to me.
#372
We exchanged mix tapes.
#373
Becky liked country
music.
#374
I don’t want to ruin
our snail mail relationship with one “Add Friends” button.
#375
I am so glad to know
the pre-internet age. Even I made quite a
lot of friends thanks to internet.
#376
Say hi me back. Talk
me back. Ask me back.
I want to be your
friend.
#377
I loved seeing your
smiling face behind that salad bar. How beautiful woman you were.
I think it’s not only
because of the fresh salad in front of you.
#378
Girls are simply beautiful.
What I mean “beautiful” is not “professionally beautiful” to be on the cover of
the magazine, but they are beautiful in its own way. Different colors of eyes,
skin and hair, and different figures. Uniqueness. Smiles. How they move. Strength inside. Each of them are beautiful
like flowers.
#379
Watching these girls
from all over the world, I felt like watching a radiant flower garden.
#380
And boys. Boys are hopelessly romantic creatures, with a joystick built-in.
#381
I love them
both. I love that we are different. It’s not a competition.
We are just different.
#382
It’s no longer an
instinct, it’s a conviction.
#383
It’s no longer a
dream, it’s a plan.
#385
At the moment you
lowered your eyes, I saw the crack on your “la vie en rose”
#389
Will you always be
in my life? As a friend, as an
acquaintance it doesn’t matter.
But possibly in amicable way.
I want you to be in my life all the time, I want you to see how I walk in this life. I want you to witness that I live in this world.
But possibly in amicable way.
I want you to be in my life all the time, I want you to see how I walk in this life. I want you to witness that I live in this world.
And I want to be a witness of your life.
#390
Is this Love or Dependence?
Is this Love or Dependence?
#392
Is this Innocence or
Cruelty?
#393
Strong desire of domination. They just wrap this in a sugary word like “love” or “justice”.
#394
He told us how horrible
his life was back there, as if he justifies his move to the new country. But I
sensed the deep sorrow under his rage. I sensed how much he misses them.
#395
You miss them. You
really miss them. Of course you do.
#396
It is our right to
pursue freedom, happiness and better life. But we also have a right and freedom
to love where we’re from, our own country. No matter how rotten, corrupted or
changed dramatically they are.
#397
That scenery, that
wind, that street, that sea, that sky, that laughter. How could we hate that, no matter where we go,
no matter how happy we are right now in different place.
#398
You don’t have to
hate.
#399
Ending of this
chapter is nearing.
End it without hesitations.
#400
#402
I look back and miss sometimes. That city, that place.
Though I know it’s
not the same if I go back now.
#403
That shop with nice
old man is gone.
That new café on the
corner is no longer “new”.
That yellow scarf I
always wanted to check the price is sold.
No one sings that
song on the street anymore.
The restaurant I
tried to copy the dish is closed down.
He no longer smiles at me and opens his arms when he sees me.
All the piled up old
books must be replaced with different old books.
People I could see
anytime are no longer sitting on that chairs.
#404
What I miss and dearly
cherish is not the certain place
that exists. It's all dwelling only in my mind. Compilation of somewhere at some point that I can never go back.
#405
I won’t compare now with
these moments because I’m now old enough to know this is very unrealistic. But I’m very glad to
have these moments stay in me.
#406
When I look back, I’ll
smile at you guys. So please, don't hold me back.
Just smile me back and say "keep going"
Just smile me back and say "keep going"
#407
Even if I could I wouldn't change anything, because that's what made possible to see you right here.
#408
I am happy now. Not
because I live somewhere or I have something or someone to make me happy.
#409
(Oh that was so
elementary.)
#410
And the story goes on.
#414
If I had a
teleporter for a day…
#415
I would get a good
morning coffee and baguette in Paris then have chat on top of the table
mountain with my friend. Then I would visit
the beautiful library in Ireland, and watch the rain falls in Vietnam.
Then I would have
lunch with my girlfriends in Hong Kong and walk along the Thames and get a nice
cuppa. But I would quickly drop by Germany to get some cakes and cookies.
And then I would enjoy them near the lake in Finland and make surprise visit to
my friend in Denmark and Norway.
Then I do a shopping
for dinner in Tokyo and Niigata, but quickly jump to Crete and watch the sunset. And I’ll
invite everyone I love on that secret rooftop in Montreal. Hm, maybe that’s
way too small, need bigger place. (dinner place TBD)
Anyway, after that I
would watch beautiful ballet in Moscow, then ride on the river boat in Budapest
to watch that night view. Then I jump to karaoke dive bar in Vegas to get rid of
the sentiment, and move to New Zealand to watch the starry sky to get my sentiment back. And finally I go back to my own bed in Japan.
#416
Oh, I can’t meet all
my friends and cover every place I wanna go with this plan!
Can I borrow this for
a week?
2015/08/11
My Helsinki/Assembly Diary (2015 version)
- My
“Assembly Summer 2014” party report is here.
- Helsinki
travelogue (2014) is here.
Huomen-takeoff: After being in the air for about 10 hours, I landed
Finland again. There are several things I found irresistible during my last
visit: of course Fazer’s blue chocolate is to die for, but also this rye bread.
I visited supermarket as soon as I landed, and experiment the feeling of
“coming back” by seeing these on the shelf and smelling dill.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)